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I hope you find that your students’ benchmark scores increase after reviewing with this resource! I can personally say I have experienced amazing results in my classroom after reviewing each day the sections that my students were going to be tested on that day. You may choose to review the slides in sections, or its entirety. An answer key, recording sheet, and the passages are also included in this download for you students to have a copy.

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In many environments, changes, called succession, take place over time. One kind of plant succeeds another. Weeds start to grow. Then woody plants come. The woody plants take over. The environment becomes a forest. But trees do not survive fires. The lightning and the bison protected the prairie from those changes. So millions of acres stayed prairie.

The animals that live in the prairie needed all that prairie to live. You can understand that when you look at one bird. The meadowlark is a bird that nests in the prairie. It gets its food there, too. In summer, it eats insects. In winter, it eats seeds. To stay alive, the meadowlark needs at least 20 acres of prairie land. If 100 meadowlarks live in one prairie, they need a 2,000 acre prairie.

That’s just one bird. The Henslow sparrow needs 80 acres to live. Some small farms are 80 acres. They produce a lot of food for the farm family. The family sells food to people in other places. What if the family buys another 80 acres of prairie to expand its farm. They will grow more food. At least one sparrow and four meadowlarks will lose their habitat.

After the invention of the steel plow, farmers turned more prairie into cornfields. People built more homes and roads. Over time, what was left of the natural prairies were small and widely scattered pieces of prairie. Birds could not nest there. The seeds that the wind blew from the prairie plants fell on highways, in backyards, and in cornfields. The prairie land that was left lost the bison, and weeds began to move in. People did not like the changes that were happening to the prairie land.

What was left of the prairie was in small patches, called remnants. People use the word remnant to talk about leftover pieces of cloth. When people make clothing, some cloth is left. People may use that cloth to patch clothing. Pioneers used remnant cloth to make quilts. But if a prairie remnant is only about ten acres, it has a limited future.

What would the rest of the century bring for prairies? Each year, there were fewer and fewer acres, and in time only remnants of prairie remained in Illinois, the prairie state. Today, less than one percent of the original Illinois prairie is left.

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A. to explain how prairies have changed over time

B. to show that prairies have not changed over time

C. to describe different kinds of birdsD. to encourage people not to live on

prairies

Why did the author write “Prairies”?

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Which sentence from the selection is a statement of opinion?

A. Today, less than one percent of the original Illinois prairie is left.

B. The Henslow sparrow needs 80 acres to live.

C. Birds could not nest there.D. People did not like the changes that

were happening to the prairie land.

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What is the purpose of the second paragraph?

A. to explain what a meadowlark isB. to inform the reader the importance

of having enough prairie land for animals

C. to prove that the author knows much about prairie land

D. to answer any questions the reader might have about prairies and animals

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What is the fourth paragraph mostly about?

A. the importance of farmingB. the invention of the steel plowC. how prairie land has changed over

timeD. the development of prairie land

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Prairies5

According to the selection, what do prairie land and farm land

have in common?

A. spaciousB. appearanceC. locationD. occupation

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Which one of the following would best help you prove the following

statement of fact?Today, less than one percent of the

original Illinois prairie is left.

A.measuring tapeB. land surveyorC. GPSD.map

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What is the main purpose of paragraph six?

A. to encourage people to visit the prairie state

B. to show the importance of an animal’s habitat

C. to explain that there are fewer acres of prairie land in Illinois than there once was

D. to prove that something should be done to preserve prairie land in Illinois

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What is the main idea of paragraph five?

A. Farmers have turned more prairie land into cornfields.

B. Less than one percent of the original prairie land in Illinois is left.

C. Remnant cloth was used by pioneers. D. Prairies have a limited future because

of the small remnants.

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Which word best describes how changes take place over time?

A.produceB. pioneersC. remnantsD. succession

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When most people refer to me, they call me by my nickname, T-Rex. My name, Tyrannosaurus, comes from the Greek words meaning “tyrant lizard”, while the word “rex” means ”king” in Latin. I belonged to the largest meat-eating animal ever to roam Earth. Because of my size, there’s no doubt I commanded respect! My size was relative to a bus measuring up to 42 ft. in length and weighed up to 7 tons!

Unlike smaller dinosaurs, I wasn’t tremendously fast on my huge feet. However, my strong thighs and long, powerful tail helped me move quickly when it was time to seize my prey. Typically, I strolled along at a walking speed of 2 to 3 mph, miles per hour; however, if I needed to sprint, I could reach a speed of 20 mph. Not bad, considering I had to pull along a body that weighed 14,000 pounds! Like other dinosaurs, I walked upright, balanced my 16 foot long head, and lifted my massive tail. I used my conical teeth to pierce and grip flesh. My brawny neck muscles would then allow me to pierce and rip flesh from my prey. Generally speaking, I could eat up to 500 pounds of meat in one bite.

Compared to the rest of my body, my arms were small. However, don’t underestimate how powerful they were with my two clawed fingers. I had to lower my massive head down to my short claws in order to put something in my mouth. Today, scientists speculate I would eat on the same piece of meat, usually the carcass of another dinosaur, for several weeks. Because of my low metabolism, I did not require very much food for survival. Then again, sometimes I would use my short claws to scratch nearby itches.

Although I have been extinct for millions of years, people still find it interesting that I was one of the largest dinosaurs to ever live in North America.

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Tyrannosaurus RexWho is the narrator

of this selection?

A.a zookeeperB. a dinosaurC. a scientistD. a forester

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Tyrannosaurus RexWhich of these would best help

you prove the following statement of fact?

A.autobiographyB. dictionaryC. encyclopediaD. atlas

Although I have been extinct for millions of years, people still find it interesting that

I was one of the largest dinosaurs to ever live in North America.

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Tyrannosaurus RexWhat is one reason a

Tyrannosaurus Rex was known as one of the largest dinosaurs?

A. The Tyrannosaurus Rex was the size of a bus.

B. The Tyrannosaurus Rex could sprint 20 mph.

C. The Tyrannosaurus Rex had strong thighs.

D. The Tyrannosaurus Rex had small arms.

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Tyrannosaurus RexBased on the selection, you can generalize that

A. all dinosaurs are strong.B. the Tyrannosaurus Rex is a

carnivore.C. all dinosaurs are carnivores.D. most dinosaurs are herbivores.

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Tyrannosaurus RexWhat made the

Tyrannosaurus Rex so strong?

A.It is not very fast.B. It is very large.C. It is extinct.D. Its strong neck muscles.

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Tyrannosaurus RexWhat is the main purpose of the last paragraph?

A. to inform the reader that a Tyrannosaurs Rex is extinct

B. to explain that North America was a great place to roam

C. to give reasons why a Tyrannosaurus Rex is known as the king of dinosaurs

D. to give examples of how a Tyrannosaurus Rex captured its prey

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Tyrannosaurus RexWhat caused the Tyrannosaurus

Rex mentioned in the second paragraph to rip flesh

from its prey?

A. teethB. neck musclesC. armsD. thighs

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Tyrannosaurus RexAccording to the selection, a Tyrannosaurus Rex’s short arms helped the dinosaur

A. scratch placesB. catch their preyC. runD. hold things

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Which word fits best in the following sentence?

However, my strong thighs and long, powerful _______ helped me move

quickly when it was time to seize my prey.

A. taleB. tailC. tallD. tell

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19Part 2: Vocabulary

Which sentence is written correctly?

A. Did you here that sound?B. Knock on my door when you

get hear.C. Will you come over hear and

help me?D. When you hear the bell, you

can line up in your bus line.

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20Part 2: Vocabulary

What is the suffix of the word powerful?

A. powerB. powC. fulD. wer

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21Part 2: Vocabulary

Think of a Tyrannosaurus Rex’s brawny neck muscles. What is

the meaning of brawny?

A. strongB. weakC. courageousD. meaningful

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22Part 2: Vocabulary

Which meaning of the word piece is used in the following sentence?

A. an exampleB. to assembleC. a figureD. a portion

Today, scientists speculate I would eat on the same piece of meat, usually the carcass of another dinosaur,

for several weeks.

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23Part 2: Vocabulary

What does the prefix –un in unlike mean?

A. littleB. veryC. beforeD. not

Unlike smaller dinosaurs, I wasn’t tremendously fast on my huge feet.

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24Part 2: Vocabulary

I had to lower my massive head down to my short claws in order to

put something in my mouth.

A. crookedB. straightC. hugeD. minimal

The word massive means

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25Part 2: Vocabulary

Compared to the rest of my body, my arms were small.

In this sentence, what does rest mean?

A. a motionless stateB. a breakC. to relaxD. an object used to support

something else

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Part 3 Conventions

The Henslow sparrow ________ 80 acres to live.

A. needB. needsC. needingD. needed

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The seeds that the wind blew from the prairie

plants ______ on highways,

A. have fellB. fellC. fallD. are falling

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Caleb ____________ the thought of making the A Honor Roll.

A. is likingB. am likingC. are likingD. does liking

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Jake and Tyler ________ football players.

A.areB. wasC. amD. our

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Which sentence is written correctly?

A. The dog hides its bone andburies it in the backyard.

B. The dog hiding its bone andbury it in the backyard.

C. The dog hide its bone andbury it in the backyard.

D. The dog will hide its bone andburying it in the backyard.

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Which sentence is written correctly?

A. They floats the barge downthe river.

B. They is floating the bargedown the river.

C. They floated the bargedown the river.

D. They have floated the bargedown the river.

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Which sentence is written correctly?

A. Will you please bringedme a piece of cake?

B. Will you please brings mea piece of cake?

C. Will you please bringingme a piece of cake?

D. Will you please bring me apiece of cake?

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Which sentence is written correctly?

A. He play the video gameyesterday.

B. She played the videogame yesterday.

C. They play the video gameyesterday.

D. We plays the video gameyesterday.

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1. A2. D3. B4. C5. A6. B7. C8. D9.D10.B

11.C12.A13.B14.D15.A16.C17.A18.B19.D20.C

21.A22.D23.D24.C25.D26.B27.B28.A29.A30.A

31.C32.D33.B

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